- 779
- Episodes
- 761
- Transcribed
- 571
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About As It Happens
News that’s not afraid of fun. Meet people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories — powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden, find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows. (Ahem, we literally helped make the beaver a national symbol.) New episodes Monday to Friday by 7:30 pm E.T.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 13 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
761 of 779 episodes have a transcript.
13 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
“Our Obama moment.” Mississippi student on Scott Colom’s win
12 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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11 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
“Our Obama moment.” Mississippi student on Scott Colom’s win
Published 13 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we've been down for so long that there's only one way for us to go in the state of Mississippi. And that was up. People didn't care about a Democrat or Republican. People didn't care about social issues. People cared about being able to live and afford groceries and things of that nature. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Patrick Brown
- Josh Johnson
- Allison Montgomery
- Gary Tyler
- Tony Shalhoub
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 375 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 196 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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